The Green Grok Blogs on Food
A Tart Look at the Most-Used Sweetener You’ve Never Heard Of
May 31, 2013
Today we look at what's in your sweetener.
Congress’s Affair With Ethanol: Love Gone Wrong?
Mar 28, 2013
The ethanol mandate in gasoline is starting to sting.
Two Sticky Points with Rice: Arsenic and Climate Change
Nov 1, 2012
The world's No. 2 staple food takes a couple hits from scientists.
Candy energetics: What filling up your tank on Halloween looks like
Oct 30, 2012
While the Northeast recovers from superstorm Sandy, how about a sweet diversion?
The Chemical Marketplace: Popcorn lung – the perils of microwave popcorn return
Oct 4, 2012
When it comes to microwave popcorn, best to emulate Bill Clinton: Don’t inhale.
Drought gives corn farmers that sinking feeling
Sep 14, 2012
The year 2012 was supposed to be a record year for corn production in the United States. Instead we got [...]
Do organic foods promote better health?
Sep 11, 2012
A fresh look at a new study on the benefits (or lack thereof) of organic food over conventional. In the week [...]
13 for the 13th: Weird Environmental News on Friday the 13th
Jul 13, 2012
An environmental dimension that lies between the unusual and the downright strange.
Extreme weather: here, there, everywhere
Jul 10, 2012
Extreme weather around the globe. A weird statistical fluke or the “new normal"?
It’s National Donut Day but Otherwise a Bad Week for Sweet Things
Jun 1, 2012
Sweet dreams for America’s once-sweetheart sweeteners aren’t made of these kinds of moves.











